{"id":2655518,"date":"2026-09-07T10:18:01","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T14:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/icu-nurses-help-baptize-elderly-patient-just-days-before-death\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T10:24:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T14:24:35","slug":"icu-nurses-help-baptize-elderly-patient-just-days-before-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/icu-nurses-help-baptize-elderly-patient-just-days-before-death\/","title":{"rendered":"ICU Nurses Help Baptize Elderly Patient Just Days Before Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ficu-nurses-help-baptize-elderly-patient-just-days-before-death%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2655518&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A heartwarming story details how three ICU nurses in Alabama-Erin Powers, Kaitlin Swaim, and Emily Owens-bought a kiddie pool and organized a baptism for terminally ill patient Jeannie Guffey, who was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dan-bongino-extends-deal-to-host-radio-show-despite-announcing-shows-end-last-year\/\" title=\"Dan Bongino renews radio show contract despite previous announcement of its end\">battling lung cancer<\/a>. Despite hospital constraints, they used a pump too inflate and fill the pool with water, moved Guffey into the pool with a lift, and her son Baptized her in her hospital room, surrounded by her family. Her daughter-in-law described the moment as &#8220;really sweet,&#8221; and the nurses&#8217; compassionate act fulfilled Guffey&#8217;s last wish to be baptized. She passed away peacefully a week later and entered into eternal life. The story highlights the nurses&#8217; extraordinary kindness and dedication to honoring a patient&#8217;s final wish amidst challenging circumstances.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Because of three nurses at a hospital in Alabama, a 74-year-old patient was able to get baptized only one week before she passed away.<\/p>\n<p>Jeannie Guffey, who was battling lung cancer, told her family in July that she wanted to be baptized, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/icu-nurses-help-patient-get-baptized-a-week-before-death.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from The Christian Post.<\/p>\n<p>But she was confined to her fourth-floor hospital bed at Huntsville Hospital, and was preparing to head home for hospice care.<\/p>\n<p>ICU nurses Erin Powers, Kaitlin Swaim, and Emily Owens spent their own money on a kiddie pool from Walgreens to allow their patient to realize her dying wish.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">FAITH IN ACTION: Three Alabama ICU nurses bought an inflatable pool to fulfill dying patient Jeannie Guffey\u2019s final wish\u2014to be BAPTIZED.<\/p>\n<p>She passed away peacefully one week later. What a beautiful act of compassion. \ud83d\ude4f<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vou9aC2AK1\">pic.twitter.com\/vou9aC2AK1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Real America\u2019s Voice (RAV) (@RealAmVoice) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RealAmVoice\/status\/2094523926038696440?\">August 31, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The pool arrived via DoorDash on July 8.<\/p>\n<p>The nurses inflated the pool with a pump and filled it with water.<\/p>\n<p>After staff used a lift to move Guffey into the pool, her adult son, Jody, baptized her in the hospital room.<\/p>\n<p>Her husband, Ronnie, and other family members were gathered around for the special moment.<\/p>\n<p>Owens said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/hh.health\/blog\/an-icu-room-a-kiddie-pool-and-a-patients-last-wish-fulfilled\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blog post<\/a> for Huntsville Hospital that \u201cthis was a last wish that was very important to the patient and her family, so we had to find a way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes, you\u2019ve just got to get innovative,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Carol Guffey, her daughter-in-law, said that the moment was \u201creally sweet.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Patient Jeannie Guffey expressed a desire to be baptized, and her family desperately wanted to honor her wish. But they were unsure how to make it work inside a fourth-floor hospital room packed with monitors, IV poles and other medical equipment. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WiEP8o9MOj\">pic.twitter.com\/WiEP8o9MOj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AL.com (@aldotcom) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/aldotcom\/status\/2094502999619997855?\">August 31, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe nurses went above and beyond to make this happen at the 11th hour when we were running out of options,\u201d she reflected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeeing her baptized, it was like the weight of the world was lifted off our shoulders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Just one day later, Guffey left the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>The following Friday, she peacefully entered into the presence of the Lord and Savior in whose name she had just been baptized.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was a total God thing,\u201d Carol Guffey continued. \u201cAnd those nurses will be special to us forever.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Jeannie Guffey, fighting lung cancer, expressed her wish to be baptized in July, as reported by The Christian Post. She was bedridden on the hospital&#8217;s fourth floor and preparing for hospice care at home. ICU nurses Erin Powers, Kaitlin Swaim, and Emily Owens purchased a small pool from Walgreens with their own money to fulfill her final wish. The pool arrived via DoorDash on July 8; they inflated it and filled it with water. With a lift\u2019s help, staff transferred Guffey into the pool, where her son Jody baptized her in the hospital room surrounded by family. Owens noted that fulfilling this last wish was very important to Jeannie and her family and required some creativity. Her daughter-in-law described the moment as \u201creally sweet.\u201d Despite medical equipment cluttering the room, the nurses went above and beyond at the last minute to make it happen-lifting Jeannie into the pool for her baptism. She passed away peacefully a day later in hospice care; she had been baptized in Jesus\u2019 name shortly before she died-a moment seen as divine intervention by her family who will cherish these nurses forever<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2655519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Ben-Working-Feature-Image-2026-09-05T233843.027.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[7695,51428,19986,85237,3787],"class_list":["post-2655518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-celebration","tag-compassion-2","tag-end-of-life","tag-icu-2","tag-nursing"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Ben-Working-Feature-Image-2026-09-05T233843.027.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2655518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2655518"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2655518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2655522,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2655518\/revisions\/2655522"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2655519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2655518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2655518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2655518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}